JOHN SKIPPER is an American businessman and is the president of ESPN
Inc. as well as the co-chairman of
Disney Media Networks as of January
1, 2012.

In June 1997, Skipper became senior vice president and general
manager of
ESPNESPN the Magazine . Since October 2005, he has served as
executive vice president of content.

Skipper attended Lexington Senior High School in Lexington, North
Carolina . He then attended UNC-Chapel Hill and earned a bachelor's
degree in English literature. After receiving his master's degree in
the same field from
Columbia UniversityColumbia University , he went to work for Rolling
Stone , starting as a secretary but moved up. He also worked for Us
and Spin before becoming senior vice president of Disney Publishing
Group .

John Skipper's disregard of eSports as a "real sport," referring to
them as a "competition" instead, has been negatively noted by various
websites.